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Locality Name:
Oshu City, Iwate, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 291180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oshu City, Iwate, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Esashi Ward

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteAxiniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CoronaditeCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrociteMelanterite
MeliliteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScapoliteScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStibniteTetradymiteTitaniteVesuvianite
WollastoniteWöhlerite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Baghdadite  (*)
Bicchulite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Böhmite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clintonite  (*)
Dellaite  (*)Diopside  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Foshagite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greigite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tilleyite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O17522563
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31752251534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1752259052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2175225260
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O41752258
Bicchulite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteCa2Al2SiO6(OH)21752256
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3175226214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi275225,752261966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3275225,752261935
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)175225195
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17522527770
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)217522626
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2275225,7522627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8175225577
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)217522586
Dellaite  (*)NoneCa6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)21752255
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61752254135
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S2817522618
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1752258173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2175225129
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)217522519
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4175225445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17522624243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7175225114
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)275225,752287437
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S417522562
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31752251544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317522514640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O175225144
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S317522654
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS217522650
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S17522686
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)175225451
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2175227238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417522514899
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl175225139
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O175225915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1752254924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21752255800
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3175225495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217522539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8275225,752269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2275225,7522661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1752254894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1752251153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17522521482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)17522554
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31752253418
Tilleyite  (*)NoneCa5Si2O7(CO3)217522519
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1752254899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1752251044
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101752251395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31752251247


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